Minister urges Adamawa to promote solar power generation, use

Mustapha Shehuri, the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, on Friday called on the Adamawa Government to spearhead efforts to generate and use solar power in the country.

Shehuri made the call in Yola when he paid a courtesy call on the state’s Deputy Governor, Martin Wabale.

He said that the Federal Government had developed three programmes in the power sector to ensure improved generation and supply of power.

“Power generation is being diversified from the traditional sources to solar, wind, biomass and nuclear to achieve the right energy mix for the nation.

“It is on this ground that I urge Adamawa, `the Sunshine State’, to take the lead in solar power generation and transmission,” he said.

Shehuri said that the Federal Government was making tangible efforts to improve and expand electricity generation and transmission capacities across the country.

He said that budgetary allocations to the infrastructure sector had increased tremendously under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, when compared to what obtained prior to its inception.

He said that the Federal Government had so far committed about N3 trillion to infrastructure projects, adding that many roads were either undergoing rehabilitation or reconstruction across the country.

“A noble financing window in road infrastructure development was opened through the issuance of the `Sukuk Bond’.

“The funds realised are being used to fund road projects, outside budgetary provisions, so as to ensure quick delivery of the projects,” he added.

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